[jamesdsadler]

iTerm2 supports images in the terminal. May as well take this as far as it will go.

https://iterm2.com/images.html

Edit: even animated gifs

[dmix]

Ranger utilizes this well on (not just on iterm) http://ranger.nongnu.org/ - a VIM-style terminal-based file explorer via w3m.

[rnhmjoj]

Unfortunately only with iTerm2 it seems able to play animated gif.